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I was supposed to have this out yesterday but I've been extremely busy this weekend with a certain concert..... VAN HALEN BABY!!!!!!!! It rocked. Anyways, enjoy.


Disclaimer: I own nothing but the idea behind the story.

This take place after Diminishing Faith ends which would be a few weeks before Summerslam. Same time for Btvs. 2 years after the series finale. And Angel will play a small part to, eventually. So let's pretend their series finale never happened. Wolfram and Hart belong to them still. Spike is still there helping. Wes is still alive, as is Fred who is not Ilyria. But the Cordy episode still happened.

Summary: Faith has left behind the world of wrestling, not able to handle being there anymore. But what happens when she has to return to help a friend in trouble? What will Evolution do to her? What happens when she finds solace with someone other then the man she claims she loves? What happens when he's supposed to be the one of the men that she has vowed to hate and take down?

Feedback: Would love it.


"I was wondering where my Raw tapes went."

"You didn't even notice they were gone." Faith replied without looking up from the TV.

"That's true." Julie replied, sitting down beside her on the couch. "Whatcha doin?"

"Waiting for Willow."

"I meant watching the tapes."

Faith shrugged and Julie turned to see which tape Faith was watching. It didn't take long as a match finished and the scene changed to Chris Jericho and Christian talking about a bet they had on who could score first with Trish or Lita. Then it cut to Trish outside the locker room, listening to them as tears trickled down her cheek.

Julie remembered that time very well. She had been beyond angry and had wanted to go beat down Christian. Not so much Chris Jericho because if truth be told, she had never liked Trish from day one.

"Faith why are you watching this?"

She was silent and Julie didn't expect an answer but then she softly replied.

"So I'll remember."

"That Chris Jericho's an asshole?"

"I wasn't the first and I doubt I'll be the last one he hurts."

"I wouldn't worry about him bothering you anymore" Julie smiled as the memory of what she had done to him a week ago.

Faith was leaving to Toronto tomorrow for Summerslam. Julie was still a bit upset that she didn't get to go. She would miss the other Slayer and her cousin but her cousin needed help and Faith had trained hard all week to be ready against Kane. She still wished she was going though.

"I still don't want to risk it though." Faith was saying. "Against Chris or Evolution. God only knows what they have waiting for me. But I do see men in uniform with handcuffs and not the stripper kind either."

"Perhaps I can help." Willow said as she entered the room. "If people are after you, it won't do any good for them to catch you before you helped out Julie's cousin."

"What do you have in mind Red?" Faith asked, a questioning look on her face.


"Faith?"

"Hope."

"What?"

"Call me Hope."

Julie snorted into her hand. "Hope? What is it with you and fucked up names?"

Faith glared at the shorter girl. "I thought it was funny."

"You also named yourself Faye-Elizabeth."

"Hey, that was an accident. I was happy with Elizabeth."

"Whatever, Hope."

"Shut up, Pixie."

"You're both giving me a headache." Willow complained form her window seat, turning to glare at the two girls. She gave a small start when her gaze landed on Faith. She still had to get used to the new look.

Gone was the dark hair, dark eye Slayer. In her place was a bleach blonde, blue eye diva. You couldn't recognize her anymore. She was even talking different; well only because Willow had told her to. But when they had left the school, no one had realized the blonde was Faith.

"Tell me why we brought you again?" Willow asked, her gaze focusing on Julie.

"Extra muscle." She replied. "Besides, we can get in a lot easier with me here. Julie thinks I'm coming to visit with you and another Slayer and help Faith out if she needs us. She thinks Faith will show up tomorrow. I think it's a smart way to sneak Faith, sorry Hope, in without any problems." She finished with a snicker.

"You're really annoying, you know that?" Faith asked with a glare.

"I know Hopie." She replied, reaching over to mess up Faith's new hair.

Faith swatted her hand away and fixed her new blonde pixie cut before turning to Willow.

"So you're sure everything will go back to normal when you take this off?"

"Positive." Willow replied. "It's just a glamour but if anyone finds out it'll disappear. Until then you're blonde and blue eyes."

"That's pretty wicked Red. Gotta give you points for coolness."

"Thanks." Willow replied with a smile. "But you want it to work then stop talking like you."

"Yes mother." She grumbled.

Julie let out another snicker, earning herself another glare.

"I'm gonna throw you off the plane." Faith threatened her.

"No you won't." Julie said with a sickenly sweet smile.

"I just might." Faith replied.

Julie's smile grew. "I'll take you with me then, Blondie."

Faith growled, causing Willow to sigh.

"I hope to the Goddess we're almost there."

"Please fasten your seat belts, we will be landing in Toronto International Airport in 10 minutes."

The two Slayers looked at Willow in surprise. They hadn't been in the air all that long.

"Oops." Willow replied with a sheepish smile.


"Julie." Lita called, rushing to he cousin. "I hope you haven't been waiting long."

"Not at all." Julie replied, "Only a couple of hours."

"What?" Lita asked. "I thought your plane was supposed to be in 10 minutes ago."

"Yeah well for some strange reason, we made really good time."

Julie gave Willow a pointed look who returned it with a sheepish shrug.

"Am I missing something?" Lita asked, looking between the two girls.

"Remember that witch that activated all the potentials?"

Lita nodded.

"LiLi, meet Willow."

The two girls shook hands but Lita still looked confused.

"What does this have to do with the plane being early?"

Willow gave a small wave. "That may have been my fault. I may have, kinda prayed that we were here soon and whaddya know, we were. Wouldn't have happened if Julie and, uh, Hope weren't annoying me."

"Hope?"

Julie let out a small snicker as she pointed to where their bags were.

Lita's heart plummeted. She was hoping that Hope was an alias Faith was using. Made sense really but the girl Julie was pointing at was in no way like Faith. Hope had short Blonde hair, cut like Julie's. From this distance Lita could see she had lighter eyes, higher cheekbones, and thinner lips. Not to mention the clothes. Faith would not be caught dead in what Hope was wearing. She knew Faith loved her dark clothes and Hope was wearing white Capri's and a pink tank top. The only resemblance between Hope and Faith was the height.

She turned back to Julie. "So you couldn't talk Faith into coming now?"

"Nope, sorry." Julie said. "Faith said she wanted to lie low and kind of sneak in without anyone seeing her. But don't worry, she will be there."

Lita nodded but didn't look totally convinced.

"It'll be fine." Julie assured her. "C'mon, let's grab our stuff and go back t your hotel. I'm starving and a hungry Slayer is not a happy Slayer. Hope." She called back to the blonde. "Can you grab the luggage?"

Faith nodded with a big smile on her face. She put her sunglasses on and picked up the bags, sending a death glare at Julie, knowing it wouldn't be seen. She would pay for this later.

"Lita, meet Hope. She's a big wrestling fan and begged me to come up here with us."

"Hi." Lita said. "So you were one of the few who knew about Faith being in the WWE?"

Faith nodded. "Yeah I was the one that told Julie," she said in a soft voice. "It's nice to meet you. I've been a fan for awhile."

"Oh, thanks." Lita replied with a shy grin. "Who's your favorite wrestler?"

"Chris Jericho." She said right away, biting back a groan. 'Think first, talk second. Think first, talk second.'

She smiled at Lita. "You know before he did what he did to Faith."

"Yeah, well you should've been there when Julie hurt his ego at the gym last week. She had him on the ground so fast, it was hilarious. He was like twice her size, the whole gym saw it."

"Oh, really?" Faith asked, shooting another unseen glare at Julie who was looking away. She knew there was a reason she didn't ask the small girl what she had done.

"Yeah, it was great." Lita replied.

"Pity I missed it."

"C'mon, I'll take you to the car, Edge is waiting."

"Did Matt come with you?" faith asked.

Julie and Willow shot her warning looks as Lita looked at her in confusion.

"Another favorite of mine. Faith replied with a big smile.

Lita nodded and motioned for them to follow. Faith noticed that she didn't answer the question, instead talking about their rooms.

"I got another room right next to mine. So Willow and Hope can share that one and Julie will be rooming with me."

The three girls nodded as they stepped outside and followed Lita to a car. The driver side opened and Edge jumped out.

"That didn't take long." He commented, coming up to meet them.

"Our plane was early." Julie replied with a smile. "This is Willow and Hope." Again she snickered, causing Faith to elbow her sharply in the side.

"Hi." Willow said, shaking his hand.

"Hello." Faith said, with a big smile.

"Hi." He replied, checking both girls over.

His gaze lingered on the blonde, causing Faith to let out a silent groan. Either he sensed who she really was or He was going to start hitting on her. She really couldn't deal with either.

Luckily, Julie seemed to notice something as well.

"Eyes off, she's taken." Julie said, stepping between them.

Edge just smiled. Although Hope was hot, there was something else about her, a sense of familiarity, one that he had only sensed with-

"Are we going?" Julie asked. "Or are you gonna ogle my friend all day?"

Edge turned to glare at her "You know for someone who is so-"

She narrowed her eyes at him.

"-For someone of your stature, you sure have a big mouth."

"The little one's usually do." She shot back.

Edge shook his head. "So are you two Slayers as well?" He asked Julie's two friends.

Willow shook her head. "I'm a witch."

"As in the one everyone keeps talking about?"

"The one and only." Willow replied.

"And you?" He turned to the blonde.

"Slayer." She softly replied.

"Do you want me to take something?" He asked, reaching for a bag.

"I'm fine." Faith said, stepping away. "We should go, I think you have some fans that recognize you."

Edge turned to see that Hope was right. Some fans were heading their way. Turning back, he saw that Hope had dumped everything in the trunk and the girls were scrambling into the car. He dove for the driver's seat and they took off.


Faith walked through the backstage of the arena, no destination in mind. She just had to get away from Lita and Edge. Lita wouldn't stop pacing as she muttered about her match and Faith being there. Julie had assured her that Faith was in Toronto and would be there for Lita. When she had said this, Edge had turned to stare at her, which made her feel very uneasy. She hadn't let her empathic friend touch her but she knew he could sense something. Faith had ignored his look as she readjusted her sunglasses. No matter the eye color, the eyes were the window to the soul and she didn't want to show herself until later but she risked her friends finding out if she was without her glasses and with Edge already suspicious. She had told them she was sensitive to light.

"So where are you from Hope?" Edge asked.

"Canada." She softly replied.

"Really? Me too. From Toronto actually. What about you?"

Oh hell, she had forgotten that small detail. She only knew of like two places in Canada and he already said on of them.

"Manitoba." She hastily replied.

"Hey." Edge said with a big grin. 'That's where Jericho is from. Let me guess, you're from Winnipeg."

"Yes." She replied abruptly, standing up. "I'm going to take a walk." Her voice was soft but she left no room fro argument as she left the room, putting the sunglasses on top of her head.

There was less then an hour until show time and she was unsure of what to do until then.

She heard a familiar voice, which made her stop. Peering around a corner, she saw the one person she was trying to avoid, finishing an interview. She went to pull her head back the same time he turned around.

"Hey, you."

Faith turned to leave but he grabbed her arm.

"Who are you?" He demanded, looking her up and down.

Faith found she couldn't answer him.

"What? You can't talk? You have problems speaking. Let me guess, you're a friends of Eugene's."

Faith's eyes blazed with anger as she met his eyes. His eyes turned to confusion as he stared at her.

"No." she softly replied, pushing her anger down.

"New diva?" He guessed.

"That's taking over Faith?" She couldn't help but say. She had heard the whole story about what Julie had done. The little Slayer had disappeared for the longest time.

His eyes narrowed in suspicion.

She smiled coyly. "I'm just here to help a friend."

"What's your friends name?"

"Tinkerbell."

Lita's cousin.

She nodded. "But I'm just a friend."

"That goes to the same school?"

"Perhaps, but if you mean am I strong, well I can demonstrate." What was she doing? It was like she was on autopilot and she had no control over what was being said. This wasn't good.

"So you know Faith?"

"Dark hair, about my height, used to be your manager, until she was blackmailed, but then when she tried to reconcile with you and told you she was having your baby, you turned from her? That Faith?"

She noted with satisfaction that he looked guilty.

"Is she okay?"

"And you care?" Faith couldn't help but sneer.

"I do," he quietly replied.

Faith faltered, caught unaware by his answer and the sad look on his face.

"She's not. You really hurt her. That and the miscarriage left her emotionally drained."

"Miscarriage?" he asked in surprise, actually looking like he was about to cry.

"Oh god, you didn't know." She whispered.

"No." he hoarsely replied. "I had no- how can I get a hold of her?"

Faith shrugged. "I don't know if she's ready. I-I should go."

Chris grabbed her arm. "Can you tell her something for me?"

She nodded.

"Tel her I'm sorry. I know it's too late and it probably means nothing but I am. I'm sorry. And tell her, tell her that I love her."

"Y-you love her?" Faith softly asked.

Chris gave her a wistful smile. "Since the first time I saw her."

He looked into her eyes. "Will you tell her?"

She silently nodded, willing the tears not to come. He peered closer at her.

"Do I know you from somewhere? You look very-"

"No you don't." faith whispered, pulling away from his grasp. She put her sunglasses back on and turned, hurrying down the hall.

"Wait, what's your name?"

She briefly paused.

"Hope." She said, before scurrying away.

Hope. That sounded awfully close to-

His eyes snapped up to where she had disappeared down.

Could it be? But how?

He'd have to find this Hope girl later and see what her deal was.